To use any 3rd party Visual Style your system must be patched first. . THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE ONLY ONCE, SO IF YOU ARE ALREADY USING OTHER VISUAL STYLES ON YOUR WINDOWS SKIP THIS STEP. To do it useUXStylepatcher it is inTools Folder. Select the right one for your version of Windows 7 (32bit or 64bit). You only need to do this once so if you already have some other visual style running you can skip this step.

Extract the downloaded file and go toC:...\Glass Onion for W7\Theme\folder and copy .theme files and folders fromC:...\Glass Onion for W7\Theme\toC:\Windows\Resources\Themes\

Select the theme from Presonalize menu.

That’s it.

Installation of the System Files

Changing the system files is not necessary to enjoy the theme, and you can skip it if you want.

Explorerframe.dllchanges the back/forward and search buttons in Windows Explorer.

Shell32.dllchanges the panes in the Control Panel and is a separate download.

System files are updated for SP1 and they are backward compatible (work with older versions of Windows 7)

Before you begin create a System Restore Point.

If you are replacing the system files for the first time you will need to take ownership of the files first. Navigate to...\Glass Onion for W7\Tools\TakeOwnershipand double clickInstallTakeOwnership.regfile.

Both32-bitand64-bitWindows users navigate toWindows\System32\folder. right click the explorerframe.dll and chooseTake Ownershipfrom the right click menu.

RESTARTbefore you continue, since some people had problems with renaming the files right away.

RenameExplorerframe.dlltoExplorerframe.dll.originaland paste theExplorerframe.dllfrom...\Glass Onion for W7\Explorerframe\toC:\Windows\System32\. Make sure that you use the right version for your system. If you use 32 bit Windows use the file form folder named “32 bit”.files go to Windows\system32\ folder no matter which version (32 or 64 bit) of windows you use!!!

Restart and Enjoy.

If you are not experienced with changing system files, don’t changeShell32.dllit only changes control panel pane and can be a pain to change, and you wont lose much if you skip it. The procedure is the same and can be done along with changingExplorerframe.DLL.

If the window apears blue when you select the theme Right-click on desktop, selectPersonalize>Window Colorclick “Show color mixer” and set the sliders for Hue and Saturation all the way to the left and move the Brightness all the way to the Right.